Crump v. State

Appellant, a young man who bore an excellent reputation, was indicted and put on trial for the offense of murder in the first degree.

It was alleged that he unlawfully and with malice aforethought killed Winfred Barton by "driving an automobile over, upon, or against him."

Upon the first trial appellant was found by the jury to be guilty of the offense of murder in the second degree. The judgment resulting was reversed, here, because of an error committed by the trial court in the matter of excusing jurors. See Crump v. State, 28 Ala. App. 103, 179 So. 392.

Upon another trial — this time for no…